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# anyone gives a phone number in any
American TV show or film and the area code is always 555
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:29, archived)
# well,
I have learnt something today.

Is there any reasoning behind it?
(I helped save b3ta! Damien's Hearse, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:31, archived)
# i think hollywood started it all...

an old shop from eons ago, before I got 'better'
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:32, archived)
# hahaha!
(I helped save b3ta! Damien's Hearse, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:33, archived)
# I think it started off so they weren't real telephone numbers
but I think these days, because so many people have noticed it in the past, they just do it for a laugh.
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:32, archived)
#
It doesnt exist in the real world, so there's no chance of some film having a real person's number
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:33, archived)
# presumably sililar to the BBC in
brianftang's post above
(I helped save b3ta! drunkenoaf, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:33, archived)
# Because it's not a valid area code
so there's no danger of them accidentally using some poor bastard's home phone number in Iowa as that of Ghostbusters HQ or whatever.

edit: well, i'm glad i typed that. helpful! ;)
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:33, archived)
# because
no phone numbers in the US actually begin with 555. It's to prevent bored people from dialing up numbers mentioned on TV shows and harassing some random person.
(norumbegan, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:33, archived)
# Interjections 'r' us.
They do, however, occasionally use real numbers in movies/shows. The number of JD's cellphone in Scrubs, for instance, is a real number - if you call it, you get through to either an answering service that updates you with info on the show or, if you call at the right time, someone on set might pick it up. Hot damn, random info.
(the nightmare of cake, Fri 24 Feb 2006, 1:06, archived)
# ^pick any one of the above^
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:34, archived)
# cheers.
(I helped save b3ta! Damien's Hearse, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:36, archived)
# hahaha
*over-explains*
(I helped save b3ta! Just Flange, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:40, archived)
# So
Let me get this straight? They don't use the phone number prefix 555 why?
(I helped save b3ta! Mart No Fool No posts but lots of stalks recently., Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:59, archived)
# there all cnuts?
(pdjpdj, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 10:36, archived)